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Difret | |
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Directed by | Zeresenay Berhane Mehari |
Written by | Zeresenay Berhane Mehari |
Produced by | Mehret Mandefro Leelai Demoz Zeresenay Mehari |
Starring | Meron Getnet Tizita Hagere |
Cinematography | Monika Lenczewska |
Edited by | Agnieszka Glinska |
Music by | Dave Eggar David Schommer |
Production companies | Haile Addis Pictures Truth Aid |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Ethiopia |
Language | Amharic |
Box office | $57,2013[1] |
Difret (Amharic: ድፍረት, lit. 'Courage') is a 2014 Ethiopian drama film written and directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari. The film had its premiere in-competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinematic Dramatic Audience Award.[2][3] Angelina Jolie served as the executive producer of the film.[4]
The film later premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section,[5][6] where it won the Audience Award.[7] It was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[8][9][10]
The title literally translates as "courage", "audacity",[11] but can also be a euphemism for "the act of being raped."[12]